5 posts tagged ‘oliver’
A Murder At The End Of The World recap: Darby makes “the big old mistake”
AV Club,
[Editor’s note: This recap, like all recaps on The A.V. Club, contains spoilers.] Read more...
Not Even James Mangold Noticed Indiana Jones 5's Wild Disney Animation Deep Cut
Gizmodo,
So I’m watching Oliver and Company, the 1988 Disney animated film featuring the voices of Billy Joel and Bette Midler, and it hit me like a ton of bricks. As Oliver, Dodger, and the crew are being chased through New York City, they head into the subway and jump on the tracks. “This reminds me of Indiana Jones and the… Read more...
R.I.P. Ryan O'Neal, star of Barry Lyndon and Love Story
Ryan O’Neal has died. As first a TV star, and then an Oscar-nominated actor—for box office smash Love Story, in 1970—O’Neal had a celebrated run as a performer throughout the 1960s and ’70s, before both his public reputation and his career were tarnished by a mixture of diminishing returns, box office failures, and… Read more...
The week in TV: Fargo roars back, and a sharp Oliver Twist spinoff
If you’re brave enough to press play on Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge, prepare to be disappointed and, even worse, bored. The reality series is an utterly dragged-out, inauthentic mess that takes all the wrong lessons from the 2021 South Korean hit that inspired it. The takeaway from Squid Game should not be… Read more...
A Murder At The End Of The World premiere: Gen Z Sherlock is on the case
A Murder At The End Of The World starts at a disadvantage. Opening with a Doors song will do that to you, especially the one echoing Apocalypse Now. As a needle drop, the Doors are a blunt object. A Murder At The End Of The World uses “The End” like a sledgehammer. Read more...